Compound tool.



No. 796,352. PATENTED AUG. 1, 1905-. v

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APHJA'l'IMIl FILED AUG. 1,1904.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG.1,1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS WARREN QUILLING, OF URSA, ILLINOIS.

COMPOUND TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application filed August l, 1904. Serial No. 219,040.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIUs WARREN QUILL- ING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ursa, in theI county of Adams and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Compound Tools, of whichthe following is a specification.

Myinvention relates -to that class of articles designed to be used as acan-opener, tackpuller, and corkscrew, having both fixed and movablejaws for opening cans, pulling tacks, nails, &c., and also forextracting Stoppers from bottles, &c.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and eiiicientdevice in a single unitary article for performing the various functionsof the dilferent parts of the tool.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation showing the device used as a tack-puller. Fig. 2 is a similarview of the device reversed and used as a canopener. Fig. 3 is a sectionon line ma; of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of complete device withcorkscrew turned out to one side. Fig. 5 is a front elevation. Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the pivoted tack-puller plate detached from thecan-opener and reversed. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the rigid jawof the can-opener detached.

1 indicates the can-opener, which is preferably cut and stamped fromsheet metal and secured to the handle 2 by a rivet. Said canopenercomprises the hook-shaped knife 3 and the jaw 4, said jaw having the lug5 opposite the knife 3 bent to one side, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7. Thejaw 4 has a prolongation 6, which is bent over in a curve in a planeacross the plane of the body of the can-opener and having the con'vexedend ground or sharpened, forming a gouge-shaped end 7. Pivoted to thefixed jaw of the can-opener is the curved plate 8, which is also stampedfrom the metal with a flat hooked claw 9, which is adapted to oscillatetoward and from the gouge end 7 of fixed jaw. On the opposite side ofthe pivot 10 the plate 8 is bent outwardly in a plane at an angle to theplane of the plate, so as to form a wide end 11 with a iiatbearingsurface. On the upper edge of pivoted plate 8, in front of itspivot, is formed a lug 12,

which is bent at an angle from the plane of said pivoted plate, thepurpose of which will be hereinafter set forth. The upper edge of thepivoted plate is further provided with another lug 13 in the rear of itspivot at about the junction of the part 11 with the body of the pivotedplate. This lug 13 is also bent at angle from the plane of the body ofthe pivoted plate and is adapted to be oscillated against and away fromthe body of the rigid can-opener member in the rear of the pivot 10. Therigid can-opener member is riveted to an open metallic handle, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2. Within the opening 15 of said handle is pivoted acorkscrew 16, which is held in place when not in use by a lug 17, havinga central groove 18, in which is sprung one of the coils of thecorkscrew.

When it is desired to use the device as a can-opener, the device is heldin the position shown in Fig. 2, the thumb being placed on the part 11,which will bring the lug 13 against part 4, thereby bringing the lug 12directly opposite the lug 5 and in conjunction thered with form aV-shaped guide which will fit the edge of the can as the can-opener isoperated and moved around or along the top of the can.

When the device is to be used as a tackpuller, its position is thereverse of that shown in Fig. 2, above mentioned, the Wide or curvedgouge end 7 is readily inserted. beneath the head of the tack the curveof which it approximately fits without cutting the material into whichthe tack may have been driven, while the wide end 11 of the movable jawaffords a broad iiat surface upon which to fulcrum the device whenpulling a tack, so that it will not sink into, cut, or mar the surfaceagainst which it has its bearing. The narrow hooked end or claw 9 of theoscillating jaw or plate also readily catches under the opposite side ofthe head of the tack and holds it so that it cannot slip from thegougeshaped end 7 of the xed jaw which has been passed under thetack-head in starting the tack.

The corkscrew will form a very desirable adjunct to the device and willbe securely held within the handle when not in use.

It will be observed that the part 11 serves'as a finger-piece to holdthe swinging plate out of the way of the can-opener blade when saidblade is to be inserted into a can and that by virtue of the lug 13,forced against the rear part of part 4 by the finger pressing on part 11so that the lugs 5 and l2 are brought into juxtaposition to form a guidefor the ledge of the can, the part 11 also serves as a fingerbodyportion having a forwardly-projecting hook-shaped knife member, a rigidforwardlyprojecting member opposite the knife member, an offset lugextending to one side of the aforesaid rigid member at its front end, a

curved plate pivoted to the rigid forwardly-- projecting member to therear of the oiset lug, said pivoted plate having a lug offset toone'side forwardly of its pivotal point, said lug projecting in anopposite direction to that of the offset lug on the rigid projectingmember, a stop-lug offset from the edge of the pivoted plate to the rearof its pivot and adapted to engage the body portion of the device, anextension at `the rear end of the pivoted plate provided with an offsetlug on its edge to form a linger-piece, whereby the stop-lug on thepivoted plate may be forced and held against the body portion to bringthe oppositely offset lugs on the pivoted plate and forwardly-projectingrigid member into side alinement.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination withl ahook-shaped can-opener blade member, and a forwardly-projecting rigidmember" opposite the same, of a tackpuller plate pivoted to the saidforwardlyprojecting rigid membenand oppositely oilset lugs projecting.from the pivoted plate and forwardly-projecting rigid member to form aguide for the edge of a can.

3. In a device of the character described, a handle having a fixed plateof sheet metal at its forward end provided with two forwardlyprojectingAmembers, one of which is hookshaped and sharpened on its inner edge, theother member being rigid and opposite the hook-shaped member, said rigidmember having a prolongation bent in a curve to form a gouge, a thinmetallic plate pivoted to the said rigid member, said pivoted platehaving one-end hook-shaped and adapted to be moved toward and from thegouge end of the rigid member, and at its opposite end an extension yprovided with an offset lug on its edge, said extension also having itsend bent back to one side to form a fulcrum whereby the device isadapted to be used .as a tack-puller.

JULIUS WARREN QUILLING.

Witnesses:

THEoDoRE C. POLING, CHARLES D. POLING.

